The ultimate irony of our economic system is that the only mechanism we have to satisfy our needs is to increase our neediness.
Read MoreWe've traded stability for growth, but now we find that we have neither.
Read MoreOur economic system prizes growth above all. This has created a looming disaster, at both the local and national levels. How did we get here? And is there an alternative?
Read MoreIt should be hard for insolvent governments to take on more debt.
Read MoreDuncan's approach -- and the bipartisan approach of others who would shower money on our current system -- can only make our fragility problem worse. This thinking scares me.
Read MoreIf the global economy is like a hot air balloon, we're only given the option to continually go higher -- despite the risk -- or cut all the air and crash. Those options aren't good enough.
Read MoreWhat is going on in the doughnut of despair surrounding downtown Detroit is not a policy choice. It is a consequence of policy choice. There is no bringing back the illusion of wealth or, to paraphrase Tomas Sedlacek, Detroit can not get back its unsustainability.
Read MoreEthan Kent is the Senior Vice President at Project for Public Spaces. Today he talks about his life with a family of four in a 900 sq ft apartment, as well as his work to make public spaces across the world better.
Read MoreA system where growth is the main objective will fail, but only after it has exhausted every means to expand consumption.
Read MoreCan we only satisfy our needs by increasing our neediness?
Read MoreWhat's going on this week at Strong Towns?
Read MoreWe've traded stability for growth, but now we find that we have neither.
Read MoreIt ain't pretty.
Read MoreLast week, the McAlvany Weekly Commentary featured economist Tomas Sedlacek. I've never heard him -- or any economist like him -- before. Mind = blown.
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